The Witches Chant over an Oil Spill...

Drdiverspeare. Apologies to Bill and MacBeth.
A dark Gulf. In the middle, an oil well spewing, Thunder.
1 WITCH. Thrice the BP corpse hath cried'd.
2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the Obama whin'd.

3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time!

1 WITCH. Round about the oil well go;
In the junk, steel bolts throw.—
Oil , that under cold stone,
Days and nights has thirty-one;
Swelter'd venom sleeping hell,
Boil thou first i' the charmed well!

ALL. Double, double oil and trouble;
Fire burn, and methane bubble.

2 WITCH. Fillet of a dolphin ,
In the spewing oil and bake;
Eye of turtle, and fin of mullet,
Feather of pelican, and oil in gullet,
Moray eel’s mouth, and fire worms sting,
Gator’s leg, and egret’s wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

ALL. Double, double oil and trouble;
Fire burn, and methane bubble

3 WITCH. Scale of gator; tooth of snake;
Tuna’s mummy; maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark;
Root of turtle grass digg'd i the dark;
Liver of Goliath grouper;
Gall of frigate, and slips of snapper
Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse;
Nose of wrasse, and parrot fish lips;
Fin of Jack Crevalle
Beach found by a crab,—
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add there to a tiger shark,
For the ingredients of our caldron.

ALL. Double, double oil and trouble;
Fire burn, and methane bubble.

2 WITCH. Cool it with a politician's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.